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Karina Elias

Reporter Karina Elias covers the banking and finance industry. A California native, she attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. Karina loves salsa dancing, traveling, baking, cuddling with her dog, and writing creative fiction and non-fiction.

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Y255 student advertising agency wins WSU competition

New concept places ads within video games

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Y255, a student-developed agency that helps companies advertise products to Generation Z through customized video game experiences, has won the Herbert B. Jones $15,000 grand prize at Washington State University's 20th annual Business Plan Competition.

Meet & Greet with Incyte Diagnostics' Mari Patel

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Incyte Diagnostics, the Spokane Valley-based diagnostic pathology clinic, has promoted Mari Patel to CEO from chief operating officer. Patel was born and raised in Canada and attended Loma Linda University, in California. She holds a doctorate in

2023 Business Icons: North Idaho's Judy and Steve Meyer

Couple share interests in service to community

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Service to the community is an inherent trait shared by Judy and Steve Meyer, says their son, Chris Meyer. 'They have always been keenly aware of the value of public service and support of others,â€ he says. 'They do it because it's the right

An Unintended Catalyst: Lessons learned at U District building lead to new startup

McKinstry spins off Overcast Innovations to manufacture ceiling panels, tubing systems

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Since the opening of the Catalyst building in Spokane's University District in September 2020, energy-efficiency system designer and contractor McKinstry Co. has formed a new company focusing on elements first designed for the building.

Pickleboom: Explosion in pickleball's popularity leads to business opportunity

Vigil-led company to make sport clothing line; North Idaho manufacturer grows with trend

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

The surge in pickleball popularity in the Inland Northwest has sparked growth in business ventures from entrepreneurs making sports gear and clothing for the sport's aficionados. Hayden-based Selkirk Sports, a pickleball focused company founded in

Boys & Girls Clubs expands center in Post Falls

$1.7M project to house culinary, STEM offerings

April 27, 2023

Karina Elias

Construction has started on 5,000-square-foot addition to Boys & Girls Clubs of Kootenai County's Jordan Johnson Clubhouse building, nearly doubling the size of the center, says Mark Kuhnhausen, executive director of the organization.

T.W. Clark Construction expands its scope into development

Company's current work includes rental project it also owns in Post Falls

April 27, 2023

Karina Elias

Steve Sunleaf, majority owner of T.W. Clark Construction LLC, says the next growth stage for the Spokane Valley construction company will be in its development of its own projects. The company currently is constructing the second project under its

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Healthy Competition: INW universities take steps to fill gaps in medical training

Some new training focuses on leadership in health care

April 27, 2023

Karina Elias

Citing needs to fill community health care and leadership gaps, Inland Northwest universities have launched a cluster of new certificate and degree programs in Spokane in recent months.

Parting Thoughts with bank executive Phyllis Campbell

April 27, 2023

Karina Elias

A half-century after starting her banking career in Spokane, Phyllis Campbell, 71, has retired from her last banking role as chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. for the financial services company's Seattle-based Pacific Northwest region.

Evergreen Bioscience envisions new bioscience building, sets sights on larger goals

New facility could cost up to $50M, house up to 500 employees

April 27, 2023

Karina Elias

A relatively young, recently formed, mostly volunteer group with big goals for the Spokane community is taking the first steps toward development of a new facility that would cost up to $50 million and have capacity for up to 500 workers.

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